#E1A941#E1A941

#E1A941 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.135 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1A941
RGB	rgb(225, 169, 65)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 71.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 10.62, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 60.21, 79.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% 0.0245 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.135 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1964, 44.7686, 11.2081)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1A941 #4179E1

analogous

#E15941 #E1A941 #C9E141

triadic

#E1A941 #41E1A9 #A941E1

tetradic

#E1A941 #41E159 #4179E1 #E141C9

square

#E1A941 #41E159 #4179E1 #E141C9

split-complementary

#E1A941 #41C9E1 #5941E1

monochromatic

#916617 #C68B1F #E1A941 #E9C176 #F2D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E1A941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#E1A941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A941

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1A941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1A941	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F49993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1a941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 169, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.135 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc27b',
    500: '#e1a941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1a941;
$custom-light: #efc27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1a941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76891,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1A941

secondary

#9EB5E0

accent

#78EF38

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A941

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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